Media workshop on climate change

The two-day South Asian Media Briefing Workshop is aimed at providing first-hand information on and understanding of the subject to journalists, straight from the key women and men in the field – the national negotiators, policy-makers, climate change experts, and civil society representatives.

Journalists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will have the unique opportunity to interact with and be briefed by these people on November 24-25, 2010 .

The Workshop will also offer a chance to meet with editors and other journalists covering the subject in the South Asian region. Additionally, it will provide the framework and guidelines to prepare journalists for the forthcoming global meets on climate change.

Participation procedure:

• Participation at the Workshop is open only to active journalists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
  
• There are only 75 seats for the Workshop. Interested journalists can apply through e-mail or fax on the format provided below to the undersigned.
  
• There is no participation / registration fee. CSE offers to support the travel and accommodation of some of the selected participants. But to avail of this sponsorship opportunity, interested journalists must apply immediately.
  
• Selection of the participants will be done by CSE. The cut-off date for receiving applications is October 10, 2010.

•    Name:

•    Organisation:
•    Designation:
•    Complete address:
•    E-mail:
•    Land phones:
•    Cellphone:
•    Fax:
•    Would you like to avail of the travel and accommodation support:

Along with these details, applicants are requested to send us copies of two recent published / broadcast articles or stories produced by them on subjects related to environment and development. The Workshop organisers might find it necessary to request journalists writing in languages other than Hindi or English, to also send very brief synopses (in English) of the articles being submitted.

For more information or for applying, please get in touch with:

Souparno Banerjee
Coordinator
Media Resource Centre
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-62, India
Cellphone: 099108 64339
Land phones: 91-11-29956399, 29953394, 29951124
Fax: 91-11-29955879
E-mail: souparno@cseindia.org
Website: www.cseindia.org

Papia Samajdar
Assistant Coordinator
Media Resource Centre
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-62, India
Cellphone: 098119 06977
Land phones: 91-11-29956399, 29953394, 29951124
Fax: 91-11-29955879
E-mail: papia@cseindia.org
Website: www.cseindia.org